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Sitting at the table eating Sunday breakfast, Bryon and I lazily read the newspaper. Since I was a kid, Sunday breakfast has always been a tradition with my family, so it only made sense that we continued it. Waffles, pancakes, omelettes, hash browns, and bacon on a cold Sunday morning…

A couple of weeks ago, the residents of Pennsylvania celebrated the time honored tradition of Groundhog Day, where supposedly a groundhog pops out of its den and looks for its shadow. As the tradition goes, if it sees its shadow, that means, there will be six more weeks of winter,…

As a park ranger, people visiting parks look to you as the expert. Because of this, I frequently get asked about something they’ve seen during their visit — an animal, a bird, a flower. When I worked at Sequoia National Park, we were constantly getting asked, “What’s the white flower…